Catalogue description Petitioners: John de Middelton (Middleton) of Lancaster; Thomas Postilthwayt...

Ordering and viewing options

  • Free

  • Download format PDF
  • Approximate size 1 MB

Order up to 10 items per basket, and up to 100 in a 30 day period.

Details of SC 8/303/15103
Reference: SC 8/303/15103
Description:
Petitioners: John de Middelton (Middleton) of Lancaster; Thomas Postilthwayt (Postlethwaite).
Name(s): de Middelton (Middleton); Postilthwayt (Postlethwaite), John; Thomas
Addressees: Bishop of Exeter, Chancellor.
Nature of request: Middelton and Postilthwayt request that whereas the King on his last voyage into Wales gave to Butler and the 1000 archers of his company 1000 cattle which they then sold to the petitioners, who drove the cattle to Ludlow where, on Monday after All Saints last, Lyngeyn, Burley, Burley, Overton, Symkyn, Barber, Crypper, Brodley, Arys, Ferrour, Willes, Ludlow, Ferrour, Herdeley, Rodlowe, Barber, Hill, Hill, Herdeley, Moylle, Spicer, Brian, Cordwainer, Radnor and 200 men took the cattle with force and arms, assaulted the petitioners and drove them from the town, that a writ be directed to each man named above ordering him to appear before the King's council on the quinzaine of St Hilary next to answer for his actions, and that another writ be directed to the sheriff of Shropshire ordering him to deliver these writs to Lyngen and the others and to certify the day of delivery.
Nature of endorsement: On 18 November in the 3rd year [1401] the council (the chancellor, treasurer, keeper of the privy seal, Lord Berkeley, Prophet, Doreward, Curson and Frome) agreed that several writs should be made to Lyngen and others named within to appear before the council on the quinzaine of St Hilary next to answer touching the matter contained in this bill.
Places mentioned: Lancaster, [Lancashire]; Wales; Ludlow, [Shropshire]; Radnor, [Radnorshire, Wales]; Shropshire.
People mentioned: [Edmund Stafford], Bishop of Exeter, Chancellor; John Botiller (Butler), knight, sheriff of Lancashire; Philip Lyngen of Ludlow; John Burley, chapman; Robert Burley, chapman; John Overton; Richard Symkyn, chapman; Walter Barbour (Barber) of Ludlow; William Crypper, butcher; William Brodley, draper; Roger Arys; Walter Ferrour of Ludlow; John Willes; Robert Ludlowe (Ludlow); Robert Ferrour of Ludlow; John Herdeley; Robert de Rodlowe; Robert Barbour (Barber) of Ludlow; Thomas Hylle (Hill); John Hyll (Hill) of Ludlow; William Herdeley, woolmonger; Yeuan Moylle, butcher; Thomas Spicer of Ludlow; John Bryen (Brian), constable of Radnor; Geoffrey Cordewaner (Cordwainer) of Ludlow; John Redenor (Radnor); sheriff of Shropshire; [Laurence Allerthorp], Treasurer; [Thomas Langley], keeper of the privy seal; [Thomas de Berkeley], Lord Berkeley; [John] Prophet; [John] Doreward; [John] Cursoun (Curson); [John] Frome.
Note: The endorsement is dated 18 November in the 3rd year (of Henry IV) (1401).
Date: [1401]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.483-4 (translation of petition with references)

Subject image
Image   of {{thumbImages.length}}
Loading image ...

Have you found an error with this catalogue description?

Help with your research